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Our harvest of men
Publication Date: 2023-11-01
Content Summary:
In four years, the author's five close friends and relatives died in succession. Their deaths seemed unrelated, but intertwined by identity and location. These young African Americans live in the deep South of the United States, where intergenerational poverty shrouds their lives. In reminiscing about the past, the author shows how racism is deeply institutionalized through economic and educational disparities, plaguing generations of young black people more than a century and a half after the end of the Civil War. Mixing the warmth of hometown with the guilt of the survivors, the author finally returns to his homeland, writing down their stories and his own, bringing back to life the vivid faces hidden behind cold statistics.
About the Author:
Jesmyn Ward (1977-), American novelist. Her novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" won the National Book Award in 2011 and 2017, with only five people having received this honor. In 2018, Ward was named one of Time's 100 most influential people.
Sun Lin, a university lecturer, member of the Chinese Association for American Studies, and member of the Shanghai Foreign Literature Association. Engaged in teaching, research, and translation of African American literature and culture. Has visited renowned universities in the United States and Canada for exchanges and academic visits several times.
